Speeches and Remarks
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Remarks at the PEBEC Impact Award Ceremony in Abuja
I want to thank you very much for attending, and also to congratulate all of our awardees who have clearly distinguished themselves and have helped so much in getting to where we are. I want to say in particular that what this demonstrates very clearly, is that there is absolutely nothing that we cannot achieve […]
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Address at the Commissioning of the Petrolex Mega Oil City in Ibefun, Ogun State.
May I on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, congratulate Mr. Segun Adebutu and his team for bringing to reality this vision for an integrated Petroleum Complex, here in Ogun State. What he and the Petrolex team have done, what they have accomplished here is an impressive testament to the power of vision and dedication, and […]
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Address at the 2017 The Future Awards Africa Event in Lagos
There are particular moments in the history of nations when there is a palpable feeling that something new is about to emerge that the nation can be transformed. Often it begins with hopelessness and cynicism. It may be that the nation has laboured under oppressive and divisive circumstances, living with poverty, inequality, bitter ethnic and […]
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Address at 2017 Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) Laureates
I am delighted to join you at this investiture dinner in honour of our two new Nigerian National Order Of Merit Laureates: Professor Adesoji Adediran Adesina, NNOM, who is honoured for his outstanding work in Engineering and Technology; and a living legend, Mr. Bruce Paul Obomoyema Onobrakpeya, NNOM, who is honoured for his exceptional work, […]
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Address at Akarigbo’s Coronation
Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, the Torungbuwa II (the Second); your Royal Highness. Today we are witnesses to a rare historic event of monumental importance for the people of Remo and for the Yoruba race; the installation and coronation of the Akarigbo of Remo, the paramount ruler of Remoland. Through the ages, this throne has proved […]
Speech: President Buhari’s Address at the Inauguration of the Tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee
We are gathered here today to address issues concerning the welfare of the Nigerian people. Like his counterpart all over the world, the Nigerian worker is a vital element in the growth and development of modern nations. I therefore welcome the nominees of the Tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee who have been selected for the […]
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Remarks At The 6th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum For Private Sector Stakeholders
Let me again thank you all for your attendance at this Quarterly Business Forum on agriculture, agribusiness, and the agro allied value chain. I think we are at a special moment in our journey to food security, and to becoming a power of sorts, especially of processed agricultural products in particular. We are in a […]
Speech: Vice President Osinbajo at NIPSS 2017 Graduation Ceremony
It is a special pleasure to be here at this graduation ceremony, of the Senior Executive Course 39 of 2017 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, and I bring you the very warm felicitations of President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I congratulate […]
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Remarks at the 4th Session of The Gulf of Guinea Commission Summit
Let me begin, by bringing you the warm felicitations of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari and to say on his behalf that the government of Nigeria consider it an honour to have been accorded to host this 4th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of Gulf […]
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Address at the Inauguration of The National Council on Nutrition in Abuja
This was established by the Federal Executive Council in May 2007, following the convening of the first Presidential Stakeholders’ Forum on the Child Nutrition Situation in Nigeria, on 22nd February 2007 – is the highest decision-making body on food and nutrition in Nigeria, and is expected to spearhead and oversee our interventions in addressing Nigeria’s […]
Speech: President Buhari’s Remarks at the Inauguration of Audit Committee on Recovery of Stolen Assets
Members of the committee may recall that pursuant to the resolve of this administration since its inception to pursue a strong and effective anti-corruption regime, and in view of the multiple cases of mis-managed and misappropriated national assets identified by this administration upon our assumption of office, the Federal Government embarked on tracing and recovery […]
Speech: VP Osinbajo’s Address at UCH’s 60th Anniversary in Ibadan
It is a special pleasure to be here to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the leading tertiary health facility in Nigeria. The management and workers at University College Hospital, Ibadan, have every cause to celebrate this milestone. “Oritamefa”, as UCH is fondly called, has attained the status of legend, pioneering complex health procedures in Nigeria, […]